José Vega (politician)
José Vega Antonio | |
|---|---|
Former Congressman Vega in 2010 | |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office 16 March 2020 – 26 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| In office 26 July 2006 – 26 July 2011 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| General Secretary of the Union for Peru | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Alejandro Vega Antonio 18 November 1957 Lima, Peru |
| Party | Union for Peru |
| Other political affiliations | National Solidarity Alliance (2010–2011) |
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José Alejandro Vega Antonio (born 18 November 1957) is a Peruvian politician and a congressman representing Lima since 2020. He was previously a congressman for the 2006-2011 term representing Lima. He was first vice president of Congress between 2006 and 2007 under the leadership of Mercedes Cabanillas. In the 2020 snap parliamentary election, after a nine-year absence, he was once again elected as a congressman representing the same constituency to complete the 2016-2021 term that was interrupted following to the dissolution of the Congress. Vega belongs to the Union for Peru party in which he is the party's general secretary. He ran for president in the 2021 elections, receiving 0.7 percent of the vote in its first round.